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October 2008 

In This Edition . . .

Writing Articles

From the President's Pen
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Let There Be Lite! Flavorful Friends
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Early Bird Session: Margie Lawson’s Deep Editing Power
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Early Bird Professional Session: Moving from Mid-List to Best-Seller
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Continuing Education 1: Avoiding the Slush Pile
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Continuing Education 2: Deepen Your Story and Grab Readers
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Continuing Education 3: Writing the BIG Idea
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Continuing Education 4: Taking Your Career to the Next Level
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Continuing Education 5: Police Procedural
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Continuing Education 6: Habits of the Healthy Writer
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Workshop 1: Creating Page-turning Chapter Endings
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Workshop 2: Elves, Demons, and Space Marines
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Workshop 3: Those Pesky Motivations and Reactions
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Workshop 4: Make Your Point Without Preaching
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Workshop 5: Up All Night Suspense
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Workshop 6: Power of Pre-Writing
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Workshop 7: The Ensemble Cast
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Workshop 9: Lost in Novel Land
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Workshop 11: How to Plot a Character-Driven Story
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Workshop 12: Top 10 Strategies for becoming Productive
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Workshop 13: Optimizing The Author/Publisher Relationship
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Workshop 14: Survival of the Fittest
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Workshop 16: Synopsis Writing for the Summary-Impaired
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Workshop 17: Anatomy of a Great Story
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Workshop 18: You Write Like a Girl – Handling Male POV
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Workshop 19: Writing in Living Color
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Workshop 20: Tips from a Publicist
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Workshop 21: Multiple Deadlines: Blessing or Bane?
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Workshop 22: Publishing 101
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Workshop 23: YA PALOOZA – Writing For Teens
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Workshop 24: Plotting Your Novel in 12 Easy Steps
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Workshop 25: Faith-Filled Writing Inspires
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Workshop 27: Working with an Agent
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Workshop 28: Marketing to Public Libraries
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Workshop 29: Let's Talk Dialogue
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Workshop 30: Painting Historicals with Accuracy
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Workshop 31: Weaving Characters Together
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Workshop 32: Creating a Publishing Brand
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Workshop 33: CBA vs. ABA
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Workshop 34: The Power of Premise
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Workshop 35: The Style Inventory
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Late Night Chat 3: Dress for Success
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Late Night Chat 4: Pitching your Proposal
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Late Night Chat 5: Launch Your Career with Barbour
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Late Night Chat 6: Working With Agents And Publishers
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Late Night Chat 7: The Big Questions Authors Never Ask…But Should
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Late Night Chat 8: A Publisher’s Perspective – from MS to Book
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Late Night Chat 9: Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Lead Pipe
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Late Night Chat 10: Brainstorming Blitz
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Late Night Chat 11: Cooking Up A Tasty Novel
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Late Night Chat 12: Speculative Fiction
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Late Night Chat 13: Writing Buddies
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Late Night Chat 14: Design and Marketing Demystified
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Keynote 1: The Value of a Dream
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Keynote 2: Twenty-Six Pieces of Advice
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Keynote 3: Muddling in the Middle
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Worship: In His Presence
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Conference Awards
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